Key Topics
The common areas for all specialties will be considered elsewhere in the common areas of core training.
Key Topics in Otolaryngology
Otology
- Congenital and acquired deformity of the ear and temporal bone
- Deafness in adults and children
- Disorders of the external ear
- Acute and Chronic middle ear disease including Otitis media with effusion
- Balance disorders
- Tinnitus
- Disorders of the facial nerve
- Lateral Skull Base Tumours
- Skull base trauma
Rhinology and Facial Plastics
- Rhinitis/Sinusitis ~ including allergy, inflammation and infection
- Nasal polyps
- Congenital and acquired deformities of the facial and nasal skeleton
- Tumours of the nose and paranasal sinuses including skin tumours of the face, head and neck and anterior skull base
- Epistaxis
- Facial pain
- Disorders of the sense of smell
- Surgical Management of epiphora
- Management of skin cancer of the head and neck
Head and Neck
- Congenital and acquired deformity of the larynx
- Voice disorders
- Swallowing disorders
- Disorders of the thyroid and salivary glands
- Head and neck cancer
- Cervical lymphadenopathy
- Disorders of the pharynx and oesophagus including diseases of the tonsils
- Upper airway obstruction
- Infections of the soft tissues of the Head and Neck
- Sleep apnoea and snoring in adults
- Trauma to the Head and Neck
Paediatric Otolaryngology
- Deafness in childhood including congenital deformities of the ears and temporal bone
- Upper airway disorders and sleep apnoea in children
- Neck masses in children
- Acute and chronic ear disease in children including sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus
- Disorders and deformity of the external ear
- Drooling
- Disorders of balance